Iranian Military Leader Says US ‘Begging’ for Nuclear Deal

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Iranian military leader Mohammad Reza Naghdi said the US is "begging" Iran to sign a nuclear deal. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Washington Free Beacon – A top Iranian military leader claims that US officials have been “begging us” to sign a nuclear deal during closed door negotiations with Tehran over its contested nuclear program, according to recent comments made to the Iranian state-controlled media.

Mohammad Reza Naghdi, the commander of the Basij, a paramilitary group operating under the wing of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC), recently claimed that the “Americans are begging us for a deal on the negotiation table,” according to comments published in Persian and independently translated for the Washington Free Beacon.